William reiffel



W. R-EIFFEL. PAPER JOGGER.

(N01 Model.)

Patented Mar. 15, 1892.

NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM REIFFEL, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

PAPER-JOGGER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 470,898, dated March 15, 1892. Application filed January 29, 1891. Serial No. 379.589. (No model.)

To all wham it may concern:

.Be it known that I, WILLIAM REIFFEL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Indianapolis,in the county of Marion and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Paper-Joggers for Printing-Presses, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in devices for straightening the printed sheets of paper as they are deposited by the flier of a printing-press upon the 'fly-board or delivery-table, all of which will be fully described hereinafter, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of my improved jogger;

Fig. 2, a longitudinal elevation of the same,

showing it as it appears in use mounted upon the fly-board, which latter is broken and in section, the jogger-blade being shown in its normal position prior to the delivery of the first sheet, and also showing in dotted linesa few printed sheets, the perpendicular dotted line 1 1 designating the plane in which the face of the jogger-blade lies after each operation on the first and successive sheets; Fig. 3, a transverse sectional elevation on line a: :0, Fig. 2 Fig. 4, a perspective view of one of my rear end gages or guides, against which the sheets are set straight by said jogger; Fig. 5, a longitudinal side elevation of one of myside gages or guides, forming partof my straightening devices herein; and Fig. 6, a plan of the fly-board or delivery-table of aprinting-press, showing the arrangement thereon of my straightening devices herein.

Arepresents the fly-board or delivery-table, upon which the printed sheets are deposited by the flier of a printing-press and automatically straightened by the devices mounted thereon, which I shall now describe.

B B B B represent upright side gages or guides, and C O upright rear gages or guides, both having broad bases or feet b and a, respectively, and arranged on said fly-board, as shown in Fig. 6. These side and rear gages are preferably detached or portable ones, so that they can be readily set in any desired position on the fly-board and just as readily removed. They are provided with a pair of downwardly projecting pointed barbs or spurs a on both the side edges of their feet, which spurs sink into the face of said flyboard and temporarily, as well as firmly, sustain them in position free from shifting. The side gages or guides B are straight from top to bottom, as clearly shown in Fig. 5, so that the fingers of the flier may freely pass without danger of collision at either side thereof. The rear gages C are flared or curved rearwardly at their upper ends, as clearly shown in Fig. 4, so that the rear edges of the sheets will readily drop or slide downward unobstructed and without any danger of catching or tearing thereon, which is quite an important feature.

D represents a broad plate or blade, which forms my improved jogger. It preferably tapers in width, being broader at the bottom than top, as very clearly shown in Fig. 3, and is provided at said top with an extension d. This extension is first bent into an inverted V and then turned downwardly, the apex of said inverted-V portion being provided with lateral pins or trunnions e and the pendent portion provided with an arm E, projecting outwardly and at a slight angle upwardly therefrom.

F represents an upright orstandard having a long rearwardly-extending base or foot-bar f and a short similarly-extending overhanging-arm G at its upper end, the latter (arm G) having pendent hooks g g at its outer end, in which the pins or trunnions e on the joggerblade journal, and thus permit it to swing or gravitate therefrom. The arm E projects from the pendent extension cl of the joggerblade through a slot or opening F in the upper angle of the standard F, and is provided with an adjustable and detachable weight E, (on that portion which projects beyond said standard,) said weight having a set-screw e for securing it in the desired position on the arm.

f f are downwardly-turned spurs or barbs formed on the lower edges of both sides of the base or foot-bar f of the jogger-support,

as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 2. These spurs sink into the surface of the fly-board, and are provided to prevent any shifting of the said jogger-supports, the same as hereinbefore described in connection with the spurs on the side and rear gages. In the operation of my straightening device they are arranged on the fly-board, as shown in Fig. 6, the weight E being first adjusted on its arm to compensate for the weight of each of the sheets passing from the press flier. The heavier the paper the farther outward on the arm the weight shall be set, as is obvious,

and vice versa for the lighter sheets.

The normal angle or position of the joggerblade before any of the sheets are deposited is clearly shown in Fig. 2, and the arrow indicates the backward movement of said blade which takes place in the delivery of each sheet. As the flier with the printed sheet descends the vibrations of air caused thereby act upon said jogger-blade and retreat or swing them backward, as shown by said arrow. The return movement of said blades then perform the straightening operation, their weights E causing them to swing with the desired force against the adjacent edge of the deposited sheet and setting said sheet and each successive one as it falls evenly against the gages.

In order to properly set the first or lowermost sheets of the pile, I provide a central notch or opening II in the bottom of each blade D of slightly greater width than the foot-bar or base f, so that it clears said base and brings the lower edge of said bottom to project or lie in a plane about midway between the upper and lower faces of said base, as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 3, thus permitting the blade to vibrate freely and at the same time operate on all sheets alike, from the lowermost upward.

It is obvious that my jogger and also my gages can be placed or set in any position or anywhere on the fly-board without other means of fastening than the downwardlyturned spurs or barbs hereinbefore described and shown in the drawings, and also that the blade instead of being made of thin sheet metal, as it will usually be made, maybe made of wood and much wider than shown, so as to adapt a single jogger to be used on a pony press, and thus take in more of the sheet than said metal blade. hen made of wood, the blade, thereby being lighter and also wider, takes in a greater volume of the disturbed or vibrated air occasioned by the .falling sheet and returns to its normal position more readily for its forward straightening-stroke.

The joggers are arranged on the fly-board by using an ordinary straight-edge, whose face lies in the same vertical plane or line that the edge of the straightened pile of sheets shall subsequently lie in. This straight-edge is set up so that the face of the jogger-blade lies perpendicularly in contact with its face, and then a slight pressure by hand or otherwise is brought to bear upon the base or foot-bars of the jogger-supports to cause their spurs to enter the surface of said fly-board and prevent shifting or any accidental displacement. The broad bases or foot-plates of the side and rear gages prevent their upsetting in use.

I claim- 1. A paper-jogger composed of a gravitating blade or plate suspended over a flyboard from an overhanging support, the lower edge of said blade lying and swinging in a plane entirely clear and directly above the face of said fly-board, substantially as herein set forth.

2. A paper-jogger composed of a gravitating blade or plate and a supporting standard or upright, the said blade having trunnions which journal in or engage hearings on said standard, and the said standard supporting said blade over a fly-board so that its lower edge shall lie and swing in a plane entirely clear and directly above the face of said flyboard, substantially as herein set forth.

3. A paper-jogger composed of a gravitating blade or plate, a standard, a base or footbar on said standard, an overhanging arm on said standard, a pair of journaled bearings on said overhanging arm, and lateral trunnions on said blade engaging or journaling in said bearings and adapted to support or suspend said blade over a fiy-board, the lower edge of said blade lying and swinging in a plane entirely clear and directly above the face of said fly-board, substantially as herein set forth.

a. A paper-jogger composed of a gravitating blade, a supporting-standard, a base or foot-bar on said standard, an overhanging arm on said standard, a pair of journaled bearings on said overhanging arm, lateral trunnions on said blade journaling in said bearings, and an outwardly-projecting arm having a compensating weight thereon on said blade, the upper angle of said standard having a slot or opening through which passes the said weighted arm, substantially as herein set forth.

5. In a paper-straightening apparatus, the combination, with a fly-board and a gravitating blade, of a supporting upright or standard for said blade, the said standard having a foot or base, along whose lower edges are constructed downwardly-turned spurs or barbs, which enter the substance in the surface of said fly-board,substantially as herein set forth.

6. In a paper-straightening apparatus,thc combination, with a fly-board, of a side gage composed of a straight upright barB, abroad foot or base I), and downwardly-turned points lIO or spurs a a, constructed along the side edges points or spurs a a, constructed along the side of said foot or base, substantially as herein edges of said base or foot, substantially as 10 set forth. herein set forth.

7. In a paper-straightenin "apparatus the combination, with a fly-board, of a rear gage VILLIAM BEIFFEL' or guide composed of an upright bar 0, hav- Witnesses: ing a rearwardly curved or flared upper end, WILLIAM E. MICK,

a broad base or foot 0, and downwardly-turned EDWARD L. MICK. 

